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Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test

Maine rates for HCPCS 86596

A blood test for antibodies the immune system has mistakenly made against a channel protein on nerve endings, the protein that lets a nerve release its signal to the muscle it controls. When these antibodies are present they block that signal, so muscles tire and weaken. The test is used mainly when Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome is suspected, a condition that is sometimes linked to an underlying cancer.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Antibody Test cost?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.02 from a physician practice, and about $23.99 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.02$10.96 to $14.79
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$23.99$12.02 to $53.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $24 · 10th to 90th $12 to $117Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $15
$5$10$20$50$100facility $24professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$18.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.98
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$66.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$32.36

Where Maine sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Pennsylvania than in Washington, DC. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Maine· 32nd of 51

$14.13

PA $28.84DC $9.12

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.